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Leave it to the Israelis to come up with a new way to check for terrorists. In addition to dropping your lighters in baskets and being scanned for knives, next time you fly you may be subjected to a walk-through airport lie detector test from the GK-1 voice analyzer. Already tested in Russia, you’ll be…
I fail to see how this device is a cop or police officer in any way, but hey, whatever. The Internet Traffic Cop is a device that is powered via USB or AC adapter. You plug your broadband connection into it and then run it out into your PC. So what amazing thing does the…
Come on, don’t tell me you haven’t been dreaming about it for years. A fresh, steaming kidney stone ripped right out of William Shatner’s body? Heaven I say! And Ebay wants you to own it—if you have enough cash in your pocket, that is. While the Cap’n was on the set of Boston Legal he…
So the other day the iPod was just chillin’ over at her pal Zen’s place. They started to partake in some of the chronic and next thing you know, iPod was just relaxing and fell asleep in the Zen’s beanbag chair and Zen was all touching her hair and stuff. Then the iPod woke up…
XM Satellite may be in bed with GM but Sirius has gone high-end with their partnerships. At least until 2012. Sirius has now extended its exclusive agreement to provide Mercedes-Benz with Sirius satellite radio as a standard feature, beginning with 2007 model year vehicles (coming out this year). Unfortunately, you’ll only be able to get…
Creative is dropping a line of flash-based Zen Neeon players today. Look for a 512MB ($120), 1GB ($160) and 2GB ($220) model, all with duo-tone OLED screens (instead of monochrome). Creative is also doing a 6GB ($230) hard drive-based version, but with the same old screen. The players all support MP3 and WMA audio formats,…
I’m pretty sure that Motorola could just start pushing out the same RAZR over and over claiming it to be new, and people would still buy it. It’s because people love RAZRs and Motorola loves people who love RAZRs. This one is pretty much the same as before, but features high-speed EV-DO, Bluetooth, camera, video…
Coming soon to a Major League Baseball player near you: Sport Beans! Okay, I exaggerated, they aren t performance enhancing in terms of illegal substances, they are just like a sports drink in a jelly bean version. They have carbohydrates, electrolytes, and vitamin C to cure any hangover hydrate your body. Beans, beans, the magical…
The Vodaphone V604SH is one of those phones that really does make me jealous of Asian technology. It comes in three different color schemes—turquoise & black, white & silver, and black & red— and it’s got some really great features I just don’t expect to see here in the US for a really, really long…
The only thing that can ruin watching downloaded television shows on a media center is having a big, loud, gaudy, distracting media center doing all of the work. Genus-PC is trying to eliminate this problem by designing a fanless media center that’s still small and sleek to easily blend into your home theatre system. Genius-PC…
Buzz. This little baby is packing 130 honeycombs of storage data and transfers data at a blazing 300 buzzes per second. Puns are fun! [Thanks, Austin!]
Passion and simplicity is the name of the game with these speakers available from Geneva. They are incorporating some of the latest and greatest technologies in audio along with a new-age contemporary design that will stick out like a sore thumb in the average black home entertainment system. Geneva is employing the EmbracingSound technology that…
This isn t your Granny’s cell phone, oh wait, actually it is. This is the MS2000 mobile phone designed for the non-technically inclined, particularly the elderly. Supposedly seven even buttons is really all you need in a cell phone. A dial button, hang-up button and five preset numbers. Yeah it might easy to operate, but…
Kenwood’s joining the party with the M1GB5 1GB ($200) and the M512B5 512MB ($150) flash memory MP3 players, weighing in at a dinky 1.4 ounces. It comes in seven colors and supports MP3, WMA and WMA DRM formats. In addition, you’ll get a high sensitivity monaural microphone for the voice recorder and a world band…
A recent pact between Microsoft and CableLabs is a good thing for those of you hankering to watch TV on your Media PC. Looks like you’ll now be able to display digital cable—both standard and high definition—without the help of a set-top box. Though Microsoft has offered HDTV support since last year, the deal will…
BigGames Home Video Arcades will be selling a full standup arcade unit in Target stores for the holiday season. The unit itself stands a full 62 inches tall and includes a full-color monitor and will be going for $500. Unfortunately this monitor is a bit smaller than the standard arcade machine monitor. There are also…
The Motorola V557 isn’t a breakthrough phone when it comes to hardware. It’s a pretty simple flip phone, nothing too pretty, but is being touted as the first phone to use the company’s SCREEN3(1) technology. Available only from Cingular right now, SCREEN3(1) runs a ticker along the bottom of an idle phone screen to give…
When it comes to religious devotion to gizmos, nothing inspires fanaticism like the iPod. This spirituality has been manifest in an endless processional of cases, docks, and speakers. But to date, it has not engendered much of a homegrown, folk-artsy patronage. There are no iPod milagros in Mexico. Certainly no Apple jinjas in Japan. No…
Well, I always say, if you’re not good with words, say it with LEDs. On Your crotch. That’s right, just get yourself one of these nifty LED G-strings and you’ll never have to grasp for the right thing to say again. Just have a message of up to 120 characters blink on this lovely piece…
If you’ve been following all the dealings that RIM is having with the law these days, you may be worried that your trusty Blackberry may not be worth its weight in raisins if an injunction is slapped on the company for copyright infringement. But RIM Co-Chief Executive Jim Balsillie says not to fret. In fact,…